Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) Display Device and Pressure Touch Driving Method Thereof

ABSTRACT

An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display device and a pressure touch driving method, the OLED display device includes: a silicon substrate; a pixel unit and a magneto-dependent sensor disposed on one side of the silicon substrate; and a magnetic field generator configured to provide magnetic fields running through a plane provided with the magneto-dependent sensor to the magneto-dependent sensor; the magneto-dependent sensor is configured to detect magnetic variation and convert the magnetic variation into a voltage difference for output.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an organiclight-emitting diode (OLED) display device and a pressure touch drivingmethod thereof.

BACKGROUND

It is the industry's research hotspot and the focus of marketdevelopment to realize a pressure touch function in a display device toimplement more diverse touch operations. In order to achieve thepressure touch function, pressure sensors are integrated into thedisplay device. Mostly current kinds of pressure sensors of anelectromagnetic induction type possess a module laminated structure andfunction by the means of receiving induction through a rectangular coil.However, the rectangular coil can only be configured to receive strongsignals emitted by magnetic pens or can only barely sense weak signalsof finger touch and cannot perform pressure level distinction withrespect to finger pressure.

SUMMARY

In view of the above problem, embodiments of the present disclosureprovide an OLED display device and a pressure touch driving method,which achieve better pressure touch performance in the OLED displaydevice.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an organiclight-emitting diode (OLED) display device, comprising: a siliconsubstrate; a pixel unit and a magneto-dependent sensor which are on oneside of the silicon substrate; and a magnetic field generator configuredto provide magnetic fields running through a plane provided with themagneto-dependent sensor to the magneto-dependent sensor; themagneto-dependent sensor is configured to detect magnetic variation andconvert the magnetic variation into a voltage difference for output.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a pressure touchdriving method, comprising: providing magnetic fields running throughthe plane provided with the magneto-dependent sensor to themagneto-dependent sensor; detecting the magnetic variation through themagneto-dependent sensor; converting the magnetic variation into avoltage and outputting the voltage; and identifying a touch position anda pressure value.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a signal detectioncircuit for a detected circuit, the detected circuit includes a firstpair of terminals and a second pair of terminals; the first pair ofterminals and the second pair of terminals are electrically symmetricalto each other; and the signal detection circuit comprises: a detectionvoltage input sub-circuit and an induction signal output sub-circuit, inwhich the detection voltage input sub-circuit is connected to the firstpair of terminals and the second pair of terminals; and the inductionsignal output sub-circuit includes a first output terminal and a secondoutput terminal which are connected to the first pair of terminals andthe second pair of terminals and configured to respectively output afirst detection voltage and a second detection voltage in differentperiods.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to clearly illustrate the technical solution of the embodimentsof the disclosure, the drawings of the embodiments will be brieflydescribed in the following; it is obvious that the described drawingsare only related to some embodiments of the disclosure and thus are notlimitative of the disclosure.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a magneto-dependent sensor provided byan embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is an equivalent circuit diagram of the magneto-dependent sensorprovided by the embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an OLED pixel unit of a display deviceprovided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a top view of an OLED display device provided by an embodimentof the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a sensor circuit provided by anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of another sensor circuit provided by anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIGS. 7a and 7b are schematic diagrams of still another sensor circuitprovided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a timing diagram of first, second, third, fourth and fifthcontrol signals in the embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a drive circuit of the OLED pixel unit.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In order to make objects, technical details and advantages of theembodiments of the disclosure apparent, the technical solutions of theembodiments will be described in a clearly and fully understandable wayin connection with the drawings related to the embodiments of thedisclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are just a part butnot all of the embodiments of the disclosure. Based on the describedembodiments herein, those skilled in the art can obtain otherembodiment(s), without any inventive work, which should be within thescope of the disclosure.

Unless otherwise defined, all the technical and scientific terms usedherein have the same meanings as commonly understood by one of ordinaryskill in the art to which the present disclosure belongs. The terms“first,” “second,” etc., which are used in the description and theclaims of the present application for disclosure, are not intended toindicate any sequence, amount or importance, but distinguish variouscomponents. Also, the terms such as “a,” “an,” etc., are not intended tolimit the amount, but indicate the existence of at least one. The terms“comprise,” “comprising,” “include,” “including,” etc., are intended tospecify that the elements or the objects stated before these termsencompass the elements or the objects and equivalents thereof listedafter these terms, but do not preclude the other elements or objects.The phrases “connect”, “connected”, etc., are not intended to define aphysical connection or mechanical connection, but may include anelectrical connection, directly or indirectly. “On,” “under,” “right,”“left” and the like are only used to indicate relative positionrelationship, and when the position of the object which is described ischanged, the relative position relationship may be changed accordingly.

In order to improve the pressure detection accuracy and reduce the costof a display device having a pressure touch function, the embodiments ofthe present disclosure provides an OLED display device integrated withmagneto-dependent sensors and also provides a detection circuit for amagneto-dependent sensor.

A conventional active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED)display device adopts a glass plate as a backplane and adopts thin-filmtransistors (TFTs) as switch elements. Tufts adopt amorphous silicon(a-Si), microcrystal silicon, low-temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) oroxide semiconductor as an active layer. A silicon-based OLED displaydevice is distinguished from an AMOLED. The silicon-based OLED displaydevice takes a monocrystalline silicon wafer as a substrate and formscomponents such as drive circuits and OLEDs on the silicon substrate.Thus, the pixel size can be reduced up to be 1/10 of that of aconventional AMOLED display device, and the resolution is far higherthan that of the conventional AMOLED display device, so micro-displaycan be achieved. Moreover, the silicon-based OLED display device canadopt the conventional mature silicon substrate integrated circuittechnology, not only can realize the active matrix addressing of displaypixels but also can obtain control circuits of a variety of functions,e.g., static random access memories (SRAMs) and a timing controller(T-CON), on the silicon wafer, and hence greatly reduce externalconnecting lines of the display device, increase the reliability of thedisplay device, and realize the light-weighted design of the displaydevice.

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a magneto-dependent sensor 100 formedon a silicon substrate in an embodiment of the present disclosure. Afterthe magneto-dependent sensors 100 provided by the embodiment of thepresent disclosure are integrated into, for instance, the silicon-basedOLED display device, the pressure applied to the display device can bemeasured according to the Hall effect, so touch detection can beachieved. The Hall effect refers to the physical phenomenon of lateralvoltage difference produced upon the magnetic field of a magnetic fieldgenerator being applied to the carriers in a metal conductor and asemiconductor. The magnetic field generator, for instance, may be anelectrified coil or a magnetic material such as magnetic ink and amagnet (natural magnet or artificial magnet). In an embodiment of thepresent disclosure, the magnetic field generator may be an electrifiedcoil. In general, the magnetic field generator is below themagneto-dependent sensor(s) (for instance, one side opposite to theuser). More detailed description will be given below to the examples ofthe magnetic field generators for the magneto-dependent sensors in theembodiment of the present disclosure.

When the magneto-dependent sensor 100 is under the action of themagnetic field provided by the magnetic field generator, if the distanced between the magneto-dependent sensor 100 and the magnetic fieldgenerator changes (for instance, when pressed, as shown in FIG. 3), in aplane perpendicular to the magnetic field direction, the flux sensed bythe magneto-dependent sensor 100 changes as well. At this point,according to the Hall effect, the magneto-dependent sensor 100 producesinduction current, namely voltage difference will occur. The voltagedifference corresponds to the pressure applied to the OLED displaydevice. The displacement of the magneto-dependent sensor 100 relative tothe magnetic field generator can be determined according to the voltagedifference, namely the pressure applied to the magneto-dependent sensor100 can be measured.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, themagneto-dependent sensor 100 is formed on the silicon substrate.Moreover, for instance, the magneto-dependent sensor 100 is in a shapeof a square, but may also be in other shapes, e.g., be circular. Themagneto-dependent sensor 100 includes a first pair of terminals and asecond pair of terminals; the first pair of terminals include a firstterminal H1 and a third terminal H3 disposed on one diagonal of thesquare, and the second pair of terminals include a second terminal H2and a fourth terminal H4 disposed on the other diagonal of the square.

As for the magneto-dependent sensor, for instance, when a voltage V_(dd)is applied in a direction perpendicular to a plane in which the magneticfield of the magneto-dependent sensor is provided, namely the voltageV_(dd) is applied between the first terminal H1 and the third terminalH3, under the action of the magnetic field, moving electrons aresubjected to the action of the Lorentz force of the magnetic field andare shifted, and the Hall voltage difference U_(H) is invoked betweenthe second terminal H2 and the fourth terminal H4. According to the Halleffect, the Hall voltage difference U_(H) is:

$\begin{matrix}{U_{H} = {{R_{H}\frac{IB}{d}} = {K_{H}{IB}}}} & {{Formula}\mspace{14mu} 1}\end{matrix}$

wherein, R_(H) refers to the Hall coefficient; I refers to the current;B refers to the intensity of the magnetic field perpendicular to thecurrent direction; d refers to the thickness of a Hall element in themagneto-dependent sensor 100; and both I and B are vectors.

As can be seen from the above formula, the Hall voltage difference U_(H)is directionally proportional to the magnetic field intensity B, so themagnetic variation can be detected by means of calculation of the outputvoltage difference, and hence the magnitude or the variation of thepressure applied to the component can be obtained.

More particularly, an equivalent circuit of the magneto-dependent sensor100 in FIG. 1 is shown in FIG. 2 and includes a Wein bridge formed byfour resistors R1, R2, R3 and R4. As shown in FIG. 2, for instance, thefirst terminal H1 is connected with the power supply V_(dd), and thethird terminal H3 is grounded. In the example as shown in FIG. 2, theresistors R1, R2, R3 and R4 have same resistance, namely the circuit isan equal arm bridge circuit. The potential of the second terminal H2 andthe fourth terminal H4 relative to the ground (GND) is V_(dd)/2, and thepotential difference between the second terminal H2 and the fourthterminal H4 is 0. The magneto-dependent sensor 100 is displaced relativeto the magnetic field generator when under pressure, namely the fluxrunning through the magneto-dependent sensor 100 changes, and inductioncurrent is produced between the second terminal H2 and the fourthterminal H4, so as to form a Hall potential difference. According to theabove formula 1, the direction of the Hall potential is determined byboth the magnetic field direction and the current direction together. Inthe embodiment, as the magneto-dependent sensor 100 is horizontallyplaced, the magneto-dependent sensor can sense the magnetic fieldperpendicular to the plane provided with the magneto-dependent sensor100. As shown in FIG. 2, an origin on the lower right corner indicatesthat the magnetic field direction is outwards perpendicular to the planeprovided with the magneto-dependent sensor 100. The magnetic fielddirection produced by an electrified wire coil is roughly perpendicularto a plane of the coil, namely perpendicular to the magneto-dependentsensor 100. Therefore, the displacement of the magneto-dependent sensor100 can be calculated by detecting the potential difference producedbetween the second terminal H2 and the fourth terminal H4, namelydetecting the voltage difference (V_(o+)-V_(o−)) between the fourthterminal H4 and the second terminal H2, and then the pressure applied tothe magneto-dependent sensor 100 can be calculated.

In the case where the magneto-dependent sensors provided by theembodiment of the present disclosure are integrated into a silicon-basedOLED display device, each magneto-dependent sensor can be disposed inthe display device corresponding to sub-pixels in one pixel unit or aplurality of pixel units of the display device. For instance, eachmagneto-dependent sensor is arranged adjacent to one pixel unit or aplurality of pixel units to form one repeating unit in the arrayarrangement. Description will be given below to the magneto-dependentsensors integrated into the display device by taking the OLED displaydevice as an example.

FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional view of a pixel unit 300 of thesilicon-based OLED display device provided by an embodiment of thepresent disclosure. The pixel unit 300 includes a pixel drive circuit,one or more electric connection layers, an OLED, etc. The OLED isconnected to the pixel drive circuit through an electric connectionlayer. The magneto-dependent sensor is connected to a detection circuitthereof through an electric connection layer.

The pixel unit 300 may be a pixel unit emitting with light and may alsobe a sub-pixel unit capable of emitting light of other color(s). Asshown in FIG. 3, the pixel unit 300 is a white pixel unit and includesred, blue and green filter units (color filter (CF) layers), so as torespectively form a red sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel and a greensub-pixel. These sub-pixels respectively emit red light, blue light andgreen light during operation, so color display can be achieved. Thewhite pixel unit includes an OLED element capable of emitting whitelight and may include a cathode, an organic electroluminescent (EL)function layer, and an anode, which are superimposed to each other insequence, and may also include one or more organic function layers,selected from an electron transport layer (ETL), a hole transport layer(HTL), an electron injection layer (EIL), and a hole injection layer(HIL), as required.

As shown in FIG. 3, the pixel unit 300 may include a silicon substrate302, a P-type semiconductor base 303 disposed in the silicon substrate302, a pixel drive circuit 304 formed on the P-type semiconductor base303 and including one or more metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS)transistors, and a magneto-dependent sensor 305 in the silicon substrate302. Moreover, for instance, the pixel unit may further include amagnetic field generator 306 (for instance, which is an electrified coilin FIG. 3) configured to produce magnetic field. The silicon substrate302 may be a monocrystalline silicon (mono-Si) substrate or a mono-Silayer formed on a sapphire substrate or the like by epitaxial growthmethod, for instance, a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate.

For instance, the magnetic field generator 306 may be disposed below thesubstrate 302, but the embodiment of the present disclosure is notlimited thereto. For instance, the magnetic field generator 306 may alsobe formed in the silicon substrate 302. That is to say, the magneticfield generator may be disposed on one side of the silicon substrate 302or formed in the silicon substrate 302. The magnetic field formed by themagnetic field generator during operation runs through (for instance,vertically runs through) the plane provided with the magneto-dependentsensor, and hence can be detected. Apart from an electrified coilcapable of being electrified, the magnetic field generator 306, forinstance, may also adopt other device or structure capable of producingmagnetic field, e.g., a permanent-magnet material coating (e.g., amagnetic ink coating). As shown in FIG. 3, the magneto-dependent sensor305 is integrated into the silicon substrate along with the sub-pixelsof the pixel unit 300, and then is arranged side by side with the pixelunits.

The drive circuit 304, for instance, may include transistors 3041, 3042and 3043 which are configured to control the OLED, and a transistor 3044configured to control the magneto-dependent sensor 305. The transistors3041-3044 may be MOS transistors (n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor(NMOS) transistors or p-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS)transistors) and are taken as switch elements or drive elements. Thetransistors are spaced from each other, for instance, may be isolatedfrom each other by insulating material field oxide (FOX) or a shallowtrench.

For instance, the magneto-dependent sensor 305 may include alightly-doped N-type semiconductor region (e.g., an n-well) 3021 formedin the P-type semiconductor base 303. For instance, the N-typesemiconductor region 3021 may be formed by implanting phosphorus orother pentavalent elements into the P-type semiconductor base 303. Forinstance, both the N-type semiconductor region 3021 and themagneto-dependent sensor 305 are squares, circles, etc. Four vertexes ofthe N-type semiconductor region 3021 are subjected to n⁺ implantation toform first, second, third and fourth n⁺ ion-implanted regions, and thenform the first, second, third and fourth terminals H1-H4 of themagneto-dependent sensor.

For instance, in one example of the embodiment, before n⁺ implantation,one p⁺ ion lightly-doped layer 3022 may also be formed in the N-typesemiconductor region 3021. The p⁺ ion lightly-doped layer 3022 isusually disposed in a central area of the N-type semiconductor region3021; the periphery of the p⁺ ion lightly-doped layer is surrounded byother parts of the N-type semiconductor region 3021; and the area of thep⁺ ion lightly-doped layer is less than the area of the N-typesemiconductor region, as shown in FIG. 1. The p⁺ ion lightly-doped layer3022 can increase the average resistivity of the magneto-dependentsensor and reduce the thickness of the magneto-dependent sensor 305, andhence can improve the sensitivity of the magneto-dependent sensor 305.In addition, as one silicon dioxide layer may generally cover each layerof structure in the manufacturing process, the p⁺ ion lightly-dopedlayer 3022 also has the function of an electrostatic shielding layerbetween the N-type semiconductor region and the silicon dioxide layer,and hence can improve the stability of the magneto-dependent sensor 305.

As shown in FIG. 3, one or more electrical connection layers are formedon the silicon substrate. The electric connection layers includeconductive patterns (for instance, metal layers 3201 and 3202 in thefigure) formed on insulating layers 330, and the conductive patterns ondifferent insulating layers 330 may be electrically connected with eachother via through holes 3203.

The manufacturing of the magneto-dependent sensors 305 may be completedin the same semiconductor preparation process together with themanufacturing of the MOS transistors in the OLED display device. Forinstance, in the process of manufacturing the PMOS transistor, an N-typesemiconductor region is formed first. The N-type semiconductor region3021 of the magneto-dependent sensor 305 may be simultaneously formed inthe process of forming the N-type semiconductor region of the PMOStransistor. Similarly, for instance, the p⁺ ion lightly-doped layer 3022may be simultaneously formed in the process of p⁺ implantation for themanufacturing of the PMOS; and in the process of n⁺ implantation for theleading-out of the MOS transistor, n⁺ ion implantation may besimultaneously performed on the four vertexes of the N-typesemiconductor region 3021 to obtain the n⁺ ion-implanted regions, so asto form the four terminals of the magneto-dependent sensor. Theintegration of the manufacturing process of the magneto-dependent sensor305 into the manufacturing process of the MOS transistor can reduce themanufacturing cost of the display panel.

The manufacturing process for the magneto-dependent sensor 305 may bevarious but not limited to that in the above description. For instance,in order to achieve better performances, the magneto-dependent sensormay also be manufactured by an independent process. Because themagneto-dependent sensor may be manufactured by an independent process,the magneto-dependent sensor provided by the embodiment of the presentdisclosure may also be disposed in display devices of other types, forinstance, a liquid crystal display (LCD) device. It should be understoodby those skilled in the art that the example as shown in FIG. 3 is onlyintended to better illustrates that the manufacturing process of themagneto-dependent sensor may be integrated into the manufacturingprocess of the OLED display device, and not intended to limit theembodiment to the case that the magneto-dependent sensor provided by theembodiment of the present disclosure can only be applied to the OLEDdisplay device.

As described above, the applied pressure can be sensed and convertedinto a voltage for output only when the magneto-dependent sensor 305 isin the magnetic field. In the embodiment as shown in FIG. 3, a coil 306for the magnetic field generator is disposed on one side of themagneto-dependent sensor 100. For instance, the coil 306 is disposedbelow the substrate 302. For better description of the relationshipbetween the coil and the display device, FIG. 4 is a top view of an OLEDdisplay device 400, including a plurality of pixel units 300 (includingthe magneto-dependent sensor) as shown in FIG. 3, provided by anembodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 4, the OLEDdisplay device 400 may comprise a plurality of OLED pixel units in theembodiment as shown in FIG. 3, and these pixel units are arranged in anarray. A plurality of magneto-dependent sensors 401 are arranged side byside with the plurality of pixel units. However, the embodiment of thepresent disclosure may comprise less or more magneto-dependent sensors401 compared with the case as shown in FIG. 4.

The OLED display device 400 comprises at least one coil which is takenas the magnetic field generator. In the example as shown in FIG. 4, forinstance, the at least one coil is a rectangular coil. For instance, inthe example, the rectangular coil includes a first coil 402 disposed ona first layer and extended in a first direction (for instance,transverse direction) and a second coil 403 disposed on a second layerand extended in a second direction (for instance, longitudinaldirection); and the first direction and the second direction areintersected with each other, for instance, perpendicular to each other.The first coil 402 and the second coil 403 are intersected with eachother (and insulated from each other), so as to define a rectangulararea in the intersected region. Each rectangular area corresponds to amagneto-dependent sensor, for instance, may cover one or more pixelunits and one or more magneto-dependent sensors. As shown in FIG. 4, arectangular area 404 includes 4 pixel units. It should be understood bythose skilled in the art that the example as shown in FIG. 4 is onlyillustrative, and the rectangular area may include more or less pixelunits according to design demands. By adoption of the above arrangement,the magnetic field may be applied in a specific area by electrifying oneor more coils 402 on the first layer and one or more coils 403 on thesecond layer. For instance, the coil L1 and the coil C5 are selected forapplying currents, and may generate magnetic field to the rectangulararea 404 on the upper right corner only. Moreover, for instance, thecoil L4 and coils C4-C5 are selected for applying currents, and maygenerate magnetic field to the rectangular area 405 on the lower rightcorner only. The rectangular coils may also be electrified only whendetection is required, so pressure can be detected in a specific areaand power consumption can be saved as much as possible. Moreover, theposition on the display device, to which the pressure is applied, mayalso be measured, so as to achieve the detection of the touch position.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the rectangularcoils in the embodiment of the present disclosure may only includetransversely arranged coils or only include longitudinally arrangedcoils, and even magnetic field generators of any other shape may beadopted, as long as the magnetic field with enough intensity can beprovided.

In order to detect the position and the magnitude of the pressureapplied to the display device, the magneto-dependent sensors may betaken as sub-pixels and uniformly distributed in the entire displaydevice. As shown in FIG. 2, the displacement of each magneto-dependentsensor relative to the magnetic field generator can be obtained bydetecting the potential difference produced between the second terminalH2 and the fourth terminal H4 of this magneto-dependent sensor.Therefore, the second terminal H2 and the fourth terminal H4 must beconnected to a signal detection circuit for detection.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a sensor circuit 500 in the OLEDdisplay device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. Thesensor circuit 500 includes a magneto-dependent sensor 501 and a signaldetection circuit 502. The magneto-dependent sensor 501 includes a firstterminal H1, a second terminal H2, a third terminal H3 and a fourthterminal H4. The signal detection circuit 502 includes a power terminal(V_(dd)), a ground terminal (GND), a first signal detection terminal anda second signal detection terminal. As shown in FIG. 5, the firstterminal H1 of the magneto-dependent sensor 501 may be connected to thepower terminal; and the third terminal H3 of the magneto-dependentsensor 501 may be connected to the ground terminal (GND). The secondterminal H2 and the fourth terminal H4 of the magneto-dependent sensor501 may be respectively connected to the first signal detection terminaland the second signal detection terminal of the signal detection circuit502; the signal therebetween is amplified and the amplified signal isoutputted. For instance, the signal detection circuit 502, for instance,includes an operational amplifier. A non-inverting input terminal (+) ofthe operational amplifier is connected with the second signal detectionterminal; an inverting input terminal (−) of the operational amplifieris connected with the first signal detection terminal; and an outputterminal (Vout) of the operational amplifier outputs the amplifiedvoltage signal. Resistors R4, R5, R6 and R7 are correspondingly arrangedfor the operational amplifier. Moreover, the resistor R4 is connectedwith the first signal detection terminal and the inverting inputterminal of the operational amplifier; the resistor R5 is connected withthe second signal detection terminal and the non-inverting inputterminal of the operational amplifier; the resistor R7 is connected witha reference voltage and the non-inverting input terminal of theoperational amplifier; and the resistor R6 is connected with theinverting input terminal and the output terminal of the operationalamplifier.

The second terminal H2 and the fourth terminal H4 of themagneto-dependent sensor 501 may be led out to the detection circuit 502(for instance, which may include the transistors 3034 as shown in FIG.3) through an electric connection layer (e.g., a metal layer). As shownin FIG. 3, the magneto-dependent sensor may be at least partially formedin the same layer as the pixel drive circuit for the OLED pixel unit. Inthe example as shown in FIG. 5, the signal detection circuit 502includes the operational amplifier to form a differential amplifiercircuit. Signals amplified by the signal detection circuit 502 can befurther read by a peripheral circuit, so as to detect the variation ofthe magnetic field passing the magneto-dependent sensor 501, and hencethe position and the magnitude of the pressure applied to themagneto-dependent sensor 501 can be calculated and displayed.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a sensor circuit 600 of the OLEDdisplay device provided by another embodiment of the present disclosure.The sensor circuit 600 includes a magneto-dependent sensor 601, a signaldetection circuit 602 and a power switch element 603. For instance, thepower switch element 603 may be a PMOS transistor. Compared with theembodiment as sown in FIG. 5, the first terminal H1 of themagneto-dependent sensor 601 is connected to a power terminal V_(dd) viathe power switch element 603. A control terminal of the power switchelement 603 is connected to a control line. The OLED display devicecomprises a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines andmay further comprise a plurality of power lines. The gate lines areconnected to a GOA circuit (for instance, a gate driver or a gate driverIC); the data lines are connected to a data drive circuit; and the powerlines are connected to a power supply to supply power for the pixelunits. For instance, the gate lines and the data lines are intersectedwith each other to define sub-pixel units. The control line connectedwith a control terminal of the power switch element 603 is, forinstance, one of the gate lines. The control line is connected to theGOA circuit and may be applied with a gate drive signal. When thecontrol line of the power switch element 603 is one of the gate lines orcontrolled by the GOA circuit, for instance, pressure detection may beperformed when the gate signal applied to the control line is at a lowlevel. The example allows the pixel unit and the magneto-dependentsensor to share the gate line and the gate signal. Therefore, themanufacturing process is simple, and the pressure touch driving methodmay also be simpler, so the cost is lowered.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a drive circuit of an OLED pixel unit.As shown in FIG. 9, the drive circuit of the OLED pixel unit includestwo transistors T1 and T2 and one storage capacitor Cs. A controlterminal of the transistor T1 is connected with a gate line, namelyapplied with a selection voltage Vsel; a first end of the transistor T1is connected with a data line and applied with grayscale data voltage;and a second end of the transistor T1 is connected with a first end ofthe storage capacitor Cs. A control terminal of the transistor T2 isconnected with the second end of the transistor T1 and the first end ofthe storage capacitor Cs; a first end of the transistor T2 is connectedwith an OLED element; and a second end of the transistor T2 is connectedwith a second end of the storage capacitor Cs and is grounded. One endof the OLED element is connected with a power supply through a powerline, and the other end is connected with the first end of thetransistor T2. It should be understood by those skilled in the art thatthe embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited to applicationwith the drive circuit of the OLED pixel unit as shown in FIG. 9, andmay also adopt any known drive circuit of the OLED pixel unit, forinstance, including more transistors and/or capacitors.

The sensor circuit in the embodiment as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 maysample, amplify and output the pressure applied to the display device,and detect the magnitude or the variation of the pressure. However, thesensor (for instance, the magneto-dependent sensor provided by theembodiment of the present disclosure) may suffer from an offset voltageduring operation. The offset voltage is usually caused by themanufacturing process, including the factors such as the anisotropy ofmaterials, the nonuniformity of impurity diffusion, and the asymmetry ofgeometrical structures. Therefore, the sensor circuit as shown in FIGS.5 and 6 also amplify an offset voltage component in the detectionvoltage while amplifying the detection voltage. This detection voltageresults in inaccurate pressure detection. Therefore, the offset voltagecomponent in the detection voltage is necessary to be eliminated.

For instance, in order to eliminate the offset voltage, in an example ofthe embodiment of the present disclosure, two identicalmagneto-dependent sensors can be manufactured, and output signals of thetwo magneto-dependent sensors are detected simultaneously; andsubsequently, for instance, the two output signals are averaged forcompensation. However, from the technical point of view, it's difficultto manufacture two identical magneto-dependent sensors, and there is notenough space in the pixel unit for the arrangement of the twomagneto-dependent sensors. Therefore, the embodiment of the presentdisclosure provides a proposal of eliminating the offset voltage byadopting one magneto-dependent sensor only in the OLED display device.

FIG. 7a is a schematic diagram of a sensor circuit provided by anembodiment of the present disclosure, and FIG. 7b is a schematic diagramillustrating the case of further adding an offset voltage cancel circuiton the basis of the embodiment as shown in FIG. 7a . In the example asshown in FIG. 7a and the example as shown in FIG. 7b , paths forinputting the detection voltage are alternately switched so thatdetection signals detected by the magneto-dependent sensor arerespectively periodically and alternately outputted from two pair ofmutually symmetrical terminals. Therefore, the compensation of theoffset voltage component can be achieved by utilization of the polarityof an induction voltage component and the offset voltage component inthe detection voltage.

Detailed description will be given below to the structure of the exampleof the sensor circuit 700 of the OLED display device and the pressuretouch driving method therefore provided by an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

As shown in FIG. 7a , in one example of the embodiment, the sensorcircuit 700 may include a sensor 701 and a signal detection circuit 702connected to the sensor 701. As shown in FIG. 7b , in another example ofthe embodiment, an offset voltage cancel circuit 703 may be furtheradded on the basis of the sensor circuit 700 as shown in FIG. 7a . Theoffset voltage cancel circuit 703 is configured to amplify a signaloutput from the signal detection circuit 702 and eliminate the offsetvoltage.

As shown in FIG. 7a , the sensor circuit 700 includes the sensor 701 andthe signal detection circuit 702. In the example, for instance, thesensor 701 is the magneto-dependent sensor formed on the siliconsubstrate in the embodiment of the present disclosure, and may also be asensor of another type.

As shown in FIG. 7a , the signal detection circuit 702 may include adetection voltage input sub-circuit 7021 and an induction signal outputsub-circuit 7022. As described above, the sensor 701 may include a firstpair of terminals (H1, H3) and a second pair of terminals (H2, H4). Thedetection voltage input sub-circuit 7021 may be configured to beconnected with the first pair of terminals in the first period P1 andconnected with the second pair of terminals in the second period P2. Therelationship between the first period P1 and the second period P2 is,for instance, as shown in FIG. 8. The induction signal outputsub-circuit 7022 includes a first output terminal 7023 and a secondoutput terminal 7024 and is configured to be able to allow the first andsecond output terminals to be respectively connected with the secondpair of terminals of the sensor 701 to output a first detection voltagein the first period P1, and allow the first and second output terminalsto be respectively connected with the first pair of terminals of thesensor 701 to output a second detection voltage in the second period P2.The first period P1 and the second period P2 are different from eachother.

In some embodiments, the detection voltage input sub-circuit 7021 mayinclude a first switch element M1, a second switch element M2, a thirdswitch element M3 and a fourth switch element M4 which are respectivelyconnected with the first terminal H1, the second terminal H2, the thirdterminal H3 and the fourth terminal H4 of the sensor 701. The inductionsignal output sub-circuit 7022 may include a fifth switch element T1, asixth switch element T2, a seventh switch element T3 and an eighthswitch element T4.

In the example as shown in FIG. 7a , the sensor 701 is a squaremagneto-dependent sensor. Therefore, the first terminal H1, the secondterminal H2, the third terminal H3 and the fourth terminal H4 arestructurally essentially equivalent terminal points.

Description will be given below to the examples of the first switchelement M1, the second switch element M2, the third switch element M3and the fourth switch element M4 in the detection voltage inputsub-circuit 7021.

One end of the first switch element M1 is coupled to the power supplyV_(dd), and the other end is coupled to the first terminal H1 of thesensor 701; a control terminal is connected with a timing controller(not shown); and the first switch element is switched on or offaccording to a second control signal CK2. In the example as shown inFIG. 6a , the first switch element M1 may be a PMOS transistor and isswitched on when the second control signal CK2 is at a low level.

One end of the second switch element M2 is coupled to the power supplyV_(dd), and the other end is coupled to the second terminal H2 of thesensor 701; a control terminal is connected with the timing controller;and the second switch element is switched on or off according to a firstcontrol signal CK1. In the example as shown in FIG. 6a , the secondswitch element M2 may be a PMOS transistor and is switched on when thefirst control signal CK1 is at a low level. Herein, the supply voltageV_(dd) may be set as required.

One end of the third switch element M3 is coupled to the ground, and theother end is coupled to the third terminal H3 of the sensor 701; acontrol terminal is connected with the timing controller; and the thirdswitch element is switched on or off according to the second controlsignal CK2. In the example as shown In FIG. 6a , the third switchelement M3 may be an NMOS transistor and is switched on when a reversesignal of the second control signal CK2 is at a high level.

One end of the fourth switch element M4 is coupled to the ground, andthe other is coupled to the fourth terminal H4 of the sensor 701; acontrol terminal is connected with the timing controller; and the fourthswitch element is switched on or off according to the first controlsignal CK1. In the example as shown in FIG. 6a , the fourth switchelement M4 may be an NMOS transistor and is switched on when a reversesignal of the first control signal CK1 is at a high level.

Description will be given below to the examples of the fifth switchelement T1, the sixth switch element T2, the seventh switch element T3and the eighth switch element T4 in the induction signal outputsub-circuit 7022.

One end of the fifth switch element T1 is coupled with the firstterminal H1 of the sensor 701, and the other end is coupled with thefirst output terminal 7023; a control terminal is connected with thetiming controller (not shown); and the fifth switch element is switchedon or off according to the first control signal CK1.

One end of the sixth switch element T2 is coupled with the secondterminal H2 of the sensor 701, and the other is coupled with the firstoutput terminal 7023; a control terminal is connected with the timingcontroller; and the sixth switch element is switched on or off accordingto the second control signal CK2.

One end of the seventh switch element T3 is coupled with the thirdterminal H3, and the other end is coupled with the second outputterminal 7024; a control terminal is connected with the timingcontroller; and the seventh switch element is switched on or offaccording to the first control signal CK1.

One end of the eighth switch element T4 is coupled with the fourthterminal H4, and the other end is coupled with the second outputterminal 7024; a control terminal is connected with the timingcontroller; and the eighth switch element is switched on or offaccording to the second control signal CK2.

In FIG. 7a , for instance, the fifth switch element T1 and the seventhswitch element T3 are configured to be switched on in response to thelow level of the first control signal CK1, and the sixth switch elementT2 and the eighth switch element T4 are configured to be switched on inresponse to the low level of the second control signal CK2. Forinstance, the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth switch elements may beconfigured as transmission gates, but the specific types of the aboveswitch elements are not limited in the embodiments of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 8 shows the example of the level relationship and the timingrelationship between the first control signal CK1 and the second controlsignal CK2. In FIG. 8, in a preferred implementation, the first controlsignal CK1 and the second control signal CK2 are reverse signals of eachother with same frequency. That is to say, when the first control signalCK1 is at a high level, the second control signal CK2 is at a low level.Therefore, in the first period P1 at which the first control signal CK1is at the high level and the second control signal CK2 is at the lowlevel, the detection voltage input sub-circuit 7021 is connected withthe first pair of terminals (H1, H3) of the sensor 701 in the firstperiod P1, and the induction signal output sub-circuit 7022 is connectedwith the second pair of terminals (H2, H4) so as to output the firstdetection voltage in the first period P1. In the second period P2 atwhich the first control signal CK1 is at the low level and the secondcontrol signal CK2 is at the high level, the detection voltage inputsub-circuit 7021 is connected with the second pair of terminals of thesensor in the second period P2, and the induction signal outputsub-circuit 7022 is connected with the first pair of terminals so as tooutput the second detection voltage in the second period P2.

By setting of the timing sequence of the first control signal CK1 andthe second control signal CK2, the signal detection circuit 702alternately applies the detection voltage to the first pair of terminalsand the second pair of terminals of the sensor 701, and the inductionsignal output sub-circuit 7022 alternately reads the first detectionvoltage and the second detection voltage from the second pair ofterminals and the first pair of terminals of the sensor 701, outputs thefirst detection voltage in the first period P1, and outputs the seconddetection voltage in the second period P2. The first detection voltageincludes an induction voltage component and an offset voltage component,and the second detection voltage includes an induction voltage componentand an offset voltage component as well; the polarity of the inductionvoltage component of the first detection voltage is opposite to thepolarity of the induction voltage component of the second detectionvoltage, but the offset voltage components of both are in phase. Itshould be understood by those skilled in the art that the timingrelationship and the level relationship between the first control signalCK1 and the second control signal CK2 are not limited to the example asshown in FIG. 8, as long as the first detection voltage and the seconddetection voltage can be alternately read from the sensor 701 andoutputted.

The first detection voltage and the second detection voltage detected bythe signal detection circuit 702 are inputted into the offset voltagecancel circuit 703. As shown in FIG. 7b , the offset voltage cancelcircuit 703 may include a first input terminal Vi1, a second inputterminal Vi2, an amplifying sub-circuit 7031, a selection sub-circuit7032, a first capacitor C1, a second capacitor C2, and an outputsub-circuit 7033. The first output terminal 7023 and the second outputterminal 7024 of the induction signal output sub-circuit 7022 arerespectively connected with the first input terminal Vi1 and the secondinput terminal Vi2 of the offset voltage cancel circuit 703.

The amplifying sub-circuit 7031 may be configured to amplify the firstdetection voltage which is taken as the first amplifying voltage andoutputted, and reversely amplify the second detection voltage which istaken as the second amplifying voltage and outputted.

In the example as shown in FIG. 7b , the amplifying sub-circuit 7031 mayinclude a first-level amplifying sub-circuit 7031 a, a second-levelamplifying sub-circuit 7031 b, and a control circuit 7031 c disposedbetween them. The first-level amplifying sub-circuit 7031 a includes afirst operational amplifier A1 and a second operational amplifier A2.The control circuit 7031 c includes four switch elements, namely ninth,tenth, eleventh and twelfth switch elements, respectively marked as T5,T6, T7 and T8 in FIG. 7b . The second-level amplifying sub-circuitincludes a third operational amplifier A3.

A non-inverting input terminal (+) of the first operational amplifier A1is connected with the first output terminal 7023 of the signal detectioncircuit 702, and an output terminal of the first operational amplifierA1 is connected with a first end of the ninth switch element T5 and afirst end of the tenth switch element T6. A non-inverting input terminal(+) of the second operational amplifier A2 is connected with the secondoutput terminal 7024 of the signal detection circuit 702, and an outputterminal of the second operational amplifier A2 is connected with afirst end of the eleventh switch element T7 and a first end of thetwelfth switch element T8. An inverting input terminal (−) of the firstoperational amplifier A1 and an inverting input terminal (−) of thesecond operational amplifier A2 are connected with each other, forinstance, connected with each other through the resistor R1.

In addition, in FIG. 7b , one end of the resistor R2 is connected to theinverting input terminal (−) of the first operational amplifier A1, andthe other end is connected to the output terminal of the firstoperational amplifier A1 and then connected to the first end of theninth switch element T5 and the first end of the tenth switch elementT6. One end of the resistor R3 is connected to the inverting inputterminal (−) of the second operational amplifier A2, and the other endis connected to the output terminal of the second operational amplifierA2 and then connected to the first end of the eleventh switch element T7and the first end of the twelfth switch element T8. A second end of theninth switch element T5 and a second end of the twelfth switch elementT8 are connected to a non-inverting input terminal (+) of the thirdoperational amplifier A3 through the resistor R5. A second end of thetenth switch element T6 and a second end of the eleventh switch elementT7 are connected to an inverting input terminal (−) of the thirdoperational amplifier A3 through the resistor R4. An output terminal ofthe third operational amplifier A3 is connected to an input terminal ofthe selection sub-circuit 7032.

Control terminals of the ninth switch element T5, the tenth switchelement T6, the eleventh switch element T6 and the twelfth switchelement T8 are respectively connected to the timing controller (notshown). During operation, for instance, the ninth switch element T5 andthe eleventh switch element T7 are applied with a third control signalCK3 and then switched on in the third period P3. For instance, the tenthswitch element T6 and the twelfth switch element T8 are applied with afourth control signal CK4 and then switched on in the fourth period P4.

Therefore, the first detection voltage and the second detection voltageare respectively amplified by the first operational amplifier A1 and thesecond operational amplifier A2 in the first-level amplifyingsub-circuit. The amplified first detection voltage and the amplifiedsecond detection voltage are respectively applied to the non-invertinginput terminal and the inverting input terminal of the second-levelamplifying sub-circuit (for instance, the third operational amplifierA3), and the first amplifying voltage and the second amplifying voltageare respectively outputted.

It should be known by those skilled in the art that: if theamplification ability is sufficient, the amplifying sub-circuit 7031 mayonly include the second-level amplifying sub-circuit (for instance, thethird operational amplifier A3) and does not need to arrange thefirst-level amplifying sub-circuit. Any amplifying sub-circuit, capableof performing non-inverting amplification on the first detection voltagewhich is taken as the first amplifying voltage for output and performinginverting amplification on the second detection voltage which is takenas the second amplifying voltage for output, may be taken as theamplifying sub-circuit 7031.

The selection sub-circuit 7032 may include a thirteenth switch elementT9 and a fourteenth switch element T10. Output terminals of the switchelements T9 and T10 (namely the output terminal of the selectionsub-circuit 7032) are respectively connected to a second end of thesecond capacitor C2 and a second end of the first capacitor C1; bothinput terminals of the switch elements T9 and T10 are connected with theoutput terminal of the amplifying sub-circuit 7031; and both controlterminals of the switch elements T9 and T10 are connected with thetiming controller. Both the first end of the first capacitor C1 and thefirst end of the second capacitor C2 are connected to the ground andconnected with each other. According to the characteristics of theoperational amplifier, a signal inputted into the non-inverting inputterminal is subjected to non-inverting amplification, and a signalinputted into the inverting input terminal is subjected to invertingamplification.

In order to respectively store the obtained first amplifying voltage andthe obtained second amplifying voltage into the first capacitor C1 andthe second capacitor C2, the selection sub-circuit 7032 may beconfigured to be switched on in the third period P3 according to thethird control signal CK3, so as to store the first amplifying voltageinto the second capacitor C2, and be switched on in the fourth period P4according to the fourth control signal CK4, so as to store a reversevoltage of the second amplifying voltage into the first capacitor C1.For instance, as shown in FIGS. 6b and 7, in the third period P3, thethird control signal CK3 is in low level; the switch element T9 isswitched on in response to the low level of the third control signal CK3(for instance, the switch element T9 may be a PMOS transistor connectedto a control gate through the third control signal CK3); and then thefirst amplifying voltage is stored into the second capacitor C2 in thethird period P3 (namely the third control signal CK3 is in low level).Similarly, in the fourth period P4, the fourth control signal CK4 is ata low level; the switch element T10 is switched on in response to thelow level of the fourth control signal CK4 (for instance, the switchelement T10 may be a transmission gate); and then the second amplifyingvoltage is stored into the second capacitor C2 in the fourth period P4(namely the fourth control signal CK4 is in low level).

As described above, the first detection voltage includes an inductionvoltage component and an offset voltage component, and the seconddetection voltage includes an induction voltage component and an offsetvoltage component; the polarity of the induction voltage component ofthe first detection voltage is opposite to the polarity of the inductionvoltage component of the second detection voltage, but the offsetvoltage components of both are in phase. As the first amplifying voltageis an inverting amplifying signal of the first detection voltage and thesecond amplifying voltage is a non-inverting amplifying signal of thesecond detection voltage, the first amplifying voltage and the secondamplifying voltage have opposite induction voltage components and sameoffset voltage components.

Therefore, when the first end of the first capacitor C1 is connectedwith the first end of the second capacitor C2, because the firstamplifying voltage and the second amplifying voltage have oppositeinduction voltage components and same offset voltage components, afterthe reallocation of the charges of the capacitor C1 and the capacitorC2, the offset voltage is just eliminated, and only the inductionvoltage component in the first detection voltage and the inductionvoltage component in the second detection voltage are retained.Therefore, accurate induction voltage component after the elimination ofthe offset voltage can be obtained.

Therefore, the output sub-circuit 7033 may include a fifteenth switchelement T11 and a sixteenth switch element T12. One end of the firstcapacitor C1 is also connected to the sixteenth switch element T12; oneend of the second capacitor C2 is also connected to the fifteenth switchelement T11; output terminals of the fifteenth switch element T11 andthe sixteenth switch element T12 are connected with each other; andcontrol terminals of the fifteenth switch element T11 and the sixteenthswitch element T12 are connected with the timing controller. Forinstance, the output sub-circuit 7033 may be configured to connect thefirst end of the first capacitor C1 and the first end of the secondcapacitor C2 in the fifth period P5 according to a fifth control signalCK5. That is to say, in the fifth period P5, the first capacitor C1 andthe second capacitor C2 are in parallel connection through the outputsub-circuit 7033, so the offset voltage components with same amplitudeand opposite polarities in the first capacitor C1 and the secondcapacitor C2 can cancel each other.

The timing relationship among first, second, third, fourth and fifthcontrol signals, for instance, refer to FIG. 8. As can be seen from FIG.8, in order to improve the efficiency of the sensor circuit, the thirdperiod P3, the fourth period P4 and the fifth period P5 are partiallyoverlapped with the first period P1 and the second period P2 of the nextcycle. It should be known by those skilled in the art that the thirdperiod P3, the fourth period P4 and the fifth period P5 may also be notoverlapped with the first period P1 and the second period P2 of the nextcycle.

As described above, by means of arrangement of the first capacitor C1and the second capacitor C2, the detection signal is transmitted indifferent periods and subjected to non-inverting amplification andinverting amplification, so the inherent offset voltage of the sensorcan be eliminated by adoption of only one sensor.

In order to reduce power consumption and avoid signal crosstalk, theoperation of the display device is divided into a display period and apressure detection period. In the display period, the display deviceachieves the operation of image display (for instance, progressivescanning or interlaced scanning); the magnetic field generator forgenerating the magnetic field (which is a wire coil in the embodiment ofthe present disclosure) is not electrified; and the sensor and thesignal detection circuit of the sensor do not operate. In the pressuredetection period, the display device does not execute the operation ofimage display; the magnetic field generator is electrified; and thesensor and the signal detection circuit of the sensor operate.

Therefore, the magneto-dependent sensor provided by the embodiment ofthe present disclosure can detect the slight or minor variation of themagnetic field from the inside of the display device, and detect thepressure applied to the magneto-dependent sensor according to the slightor minor variation of the magnetic field. Apart from the above, themagneto-dependent sensor provided by the embodiment of the presentdisclosure can also detect the magnetic field from the outside of thedisplay device, e.g., a magnetic pen. For instance, in order to betterdetect the external magnetic field, e.g., the magnetic field from theother side of the display device opposite to the substrate, a cathodelayer on the magneto-dependent sensor may be cut by laser ablation toform a window, or the cathode layer is not formed in an area over themagneto-dependent sensor.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a sensorcircuit, which comprises a sensor and a signal detection circuitconnected to the sensor. The sensor includes a first pair of terminalsand a second pair of terminals; the first pair of terminals and thesecond pair of terminals are electrically symmetrical to each other; forinstance, the first pair of thermals are configured to receive inputsignals and the second pair of terminals are configured to outputinduction signals, or the second pair of terminals are configured toreceive the input signals and the first pair of terminals are configuredto output the induction signals; the first pair of terminals include afirst terminal and a third terminal; the second pair of terminalsinclude a second terminal and a fourth terminal; the signal detectioncircuit includes a detection voltage input sub-circuit and an inductionsignal output sub-circuit; the detection voltage input sub-circuit isconfigured to be connected with the first pair of terminals in the firstperiod, and be connected with the second pair of terminals in the secondperiod; the induction signal output sub-circuit includes a first outputterminal and a second output terminal and is configured to be able toallow the first output terminal and the second output terminal to berespectively connected with the second pair of terminals to output firstdetection voltage in the first period, and allow the first outputterminal and the second output terminal to be respectively connectedwith the first pair of terminals to output second detection voltage inthe second period; and the first period is different from the secondperiod.

In one example of the sensor circuit, the polarity of an inductionvoltage component in the first detection voltage outputted by the secondpair of terminals is opposite to the polarity of an induction voltagecomponent in the second detection voltage outputted by the first pair ofterminals.

In one example of the sensor circuit, the sensor is a magneto-dependentsensor.

In one example of the sensor circuit, the detection voltage inputsub-circuit includes first, second, third and fourth switch elements;one end of the first switch element is coupled to the power supply, andthe other end is coupled to the first terminal; the first switch elementis switched on in the second period; one end of the second switchelement is coupled to the power supply, and the other end is coupled tothe second terminal; the second switch element is switched on in thefirst period; one end of the third switch element is coupled to theground, and the other end is coupled to the third terminal; the thirdswitch element is switched on in the second period; one end of thefourth switch element is coupled to the ground, and the other end iscoupled to the fourth terminal; and the fourth switch element isswitched on in the first period.

In one example of the sensor circuit, the induction signal outputsub-circuit further includes fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth switchelements; one end of the fifth switch element is coupled with the firstterminal, and the other end is coupled with the first output terminal;the fifth switch element is switched on in the first period; one end ofthe sixth switch element is coupled with the second terminal, and theother end is coupled with the first output terminal; the sixth switchelement is switched on in the second period; one end of the seventhswitch element is coupled with the third terminal, and the other end iscoupled with the second output terminal; the seventh switch element isswitched on in the first period; one end of the eighth switch element iscoupled with the fourth terminal, and the other end is coupled with thesecond output terminal; and the eighth switch element is switched on inthe second period.

In one example of the sensor circuit, the first, second, third, fourth,fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth switch elements are NMOS transistorsand/or PMOS transistors.

In one example of the sensor circuit, the sensor circuit furthercomprises an offset voltage cancel circuit. The offset voltage cancelcircuit includes a first input terminal, a second input terminal, anamplifying sub-circuit, a selection sub-circuit, a first capacitor, asecond capacitor and an output sub-circuit; the first input terminal andthe second input terminal of the offset voltage cancel circuitcorrespond to the first output terminal and the second output terminalof the induction signal output sub-circuit, so as to respectivelyreceive the first detection voltage and the second detection voltage;the amplifying sub-circuit is configured to respectively amplify thefirst detection voltage which is taken as the first amplifying voltage,and reversely amplify the second detection voltage which is taken as thesecond amplifying voltage; the selection sub-circuit is configured tostore the first amplifying voltage into the second capacitor in thethird period, and store the second amplifying voltage into the firstcapacitor in the fourth period, and the third period is different fromthe fourth period; a first end of the first capacitor is connected witha first end of the second capacitor; and the output sub-circuit isconfigured to be able to allow the first capacitor and the secondcapacitor to be in parallel connection and output the voltage in thefifth period.

In one example of the sensor circuit, the amplifying sub-circuitincludes a first amplifying sub-circuit and a second amplifyingsub-circuit in series connection with the first amplifying sub-circuit;the first amplifying sub-circuit amplifies the first detection voltageand the second detection voltage and inputs the first detection voltageand the second detection voltage into the second amplifying sub-circuit;and the second amplifying sub-circuit further performs non-invertingamplification on the amplified first detection voltage, and furtherperforms inverting amplification on the amplified second detectionvoltage.

In one example of the sensor circuit, the first amplifying sub-circuitincludes a first operational amplifier, a second operational amplifier,and ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth switch elements; the secondamplifying sub-circuit includes a third operational amplifier; anon-inverting input terminal of the first operational amplifier isconnected with the first input terminal of the offset voltage cancelcircuit; a non-inverting input terminal of the second operationalamplifier is connected with the second input terminal of the offsetvoltage cancel circuit; an inverting input terminal of the firstoperational amplifier is connected with an inverting input terminal ofthe second operational amplifier; one end of the ninth switch element isconnected with an output terminal and the inverting input terminal ofthe first operational amplifier, and the other end is connected with anon-inverting input terminal of the third operational amplifier; theninth switch element is switched on in the third period; one end of thetenth switch element is connected with the output terminal and theinverting input terminal of the first operational amplifier, and theother end is connected with an inverting input terminal of the thirdoperational amplifier; the tenth switch element is switched on in thefourth period; one end of the eleventh switch element is connected withan output terminal and the inverting input terminal of the secondoperational amplifier, and the other end is connected with the invertinginput terminal of the third operational amplifier; the eleventh switchelement is switched on in the third period; one end of the twelfthswitch element is connected with the output terminal and the invertinginput terminal of the second operational amplifier, and the other isconnected with the non-inverting input terminal of the third operationalamplifier; and the twelfth switch element is switched on in the fourthperiod.

In one example of the sensor circuit, the selection sub-circuit includesa thirteenth switch element and a fourteenth switch element; one end ofthe thirteenth switch element is connected with the output terminal ofthe amplifying sub-circuit, and the other end is connected with thesecond end of the second capacitor; the thirteenth switch element isswitched on in the third period; one end of the fourteenth switchelement is connected with the output terminal of the amplifyingsub-circuit, and the other is connected with the second end of the firstcapacitor; and the fourteenth switch element is switched on in thefourth period.

In one example of the sensor circuit, the output sub-circuit includes afifteenth switch element and a sixteenth switch element; one end of thefifteenth switch element is connected with an output terminal of theoutput sub-circuit, and the other end is connected with the second endof the second capacitor; the fifteenth switch element is switched on inthe fifth period; one end of the sixteenth switch element is connectedwith the output terminal of the output sub-circuit, and the other end isconnected with the second end of the second capacitor; and the sixteenthswitch element is switched on in the fifth period.

The sensor circuit provided by the embodiment of the present disclosurecan detect the magnitude of the pressure applied to the display device,and eliminate the possible inherent offset voltage of the sensor via acorresponding signal detection circuit by adoption of only one sensor.

What are described above is related to the illustrative embodiments ofthe disclosure only and not limitative to the scope of the disclosure;the scopes of the disclosure are defined by the accompanying claims.

The application claims priority to the Chinese patent application No.201610585740.5, filed Jul. 22, 2016, the entire disclosure of which isincorporated herein by reference as part of the present application.

1. An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display device, comprising: a silicon substrate; a pixel unit and a magneto-dependent sensor which are on one side of the silicon substrate; and a magnetic field generator configured to provide magnetic fields running through a plane provided with the magneto-dependent sensor to the magneto-dependent sensor, wherein the magneto-dependent sensor is configured to detect magnetic variation and convert the magnetic variation into a voltage difference for output.
 2. The OLED display device according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic field generator is on the other side of the silicon substrate and/or inside the silicon substrate and is at least partially overlapped with the magneto-dependent sensor.
 3. The OLED display device according to claim 1, wherein the magneto-dependent sensor comprises a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal and a fourth terminal; the first terminal is arranged opposite to the third terminal to provide a first pair of terminals; the second terminal is arranged opposite to the fourth terminal to provide a second pair of terminals; and the first pair of terminals are configured to receive input signals and the second pair of terminals are configured to output induction signals, or the second pair of terminals are configured to receive the input signals and the first pair of terminals are configured to output the induction signals.
 4. The OLED display device according to claim 3, wherein the magneto-dependent sensor comprises: a P-type semiconductor base, an N-type semiconductor region in the P-type semiconductor base, and a first n+ ion-implanted region, a second n+ ion-implanted region, a third n+ ion-implanted region and a fourth n+ ion-implanted region in the N-type semiconductor region; and the first n+ ion-implanted region is the first terminal of the magneto-dependent sensor; the second n+ ion-implanted region is the second terminal of the magneto-dependent sensor; the third n+ ion-implanted region is the third terminal of the magneto-dependent sensor; and the fourth n+ ion-implanted region is the fourth terminal of the magneto-dependent sensor.
 5. The OLED display device according to claim 4, wherein the N-type semiconductor region is a square N-type semiconductor region; and the first n+ ion-implanted region, the second n+ ion-implanted region, the third n+ ion-implanted region and the fourth n+ion-implanted region are respectively sequentially arranged on four corners of the square N-type semiconductor region.
 6. The OLED display device according to claim 5, wherein a p+ ion lightly-doped layer is also between the P-type semiconductor base and the N-type semiconductor region; an area of the p+ ion lightly-doped layer is less than an area of the N-type semiconductor region; and the p+ ion lightly-doped layer covers a central area of the N-type semiconductor region.
 7. The OLED display device according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic field generator comprises at least one electrified coil.
 8. The OLED display device according to claim 7, wherein the at least one electrified coil comprises a coil arranged in a first layer and along a first direction and a coil arranged in a second layer and along a second direction; the first direction is intersected with the second direction; there is an overlapped area between the coil in the first layer and the coil in the second layer; and an orthographic projection of the overlapped area on the silicon substrate is at least partially overlapped with an orthographic projection of the magneto-dependent sensor on the silicon substrate.
 9. (canceled)
 10. The OLED display device according to claim 3, further comprising a signal detection circuit, wherein the signal detection circuit is connected with the magneto-dependent sensor.
 11. The OLED display device according to claim 10, wherein the signal detection circuit comprises a power supply terminal, a ground terminal, a first signal detection terminal and a second signal detection terminal; the power supply terminal is connected with the first terminal of the magneto-dependent sensor; the ground terminal is connected with the third terminal of the magneto-dependent sensor; the first signal detection terminal is connected with the second terminal of the magneto-dependent sensor; and the second signal detection terminal is connected with the fourth terminal of the magneto-dependent sensor.
 12. The OLED display device according to claim 11, wherein the signal detection circuit further comprises an operational amplifier; a non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier is connected with the second signal detection terminal; and an inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier is connected with the first signal detection terminal.
 13. The OLED display device according to claim 11, wherein the signal detection circuit further comprises a power switch element and a control line; one end of the power switch element is connected with the power terminal; the other end of the power switch element is connected with the first terminal of the magneto-dependent sensor; and a control terminal of the power switch element is connected with the control line.
 14. The OLED display device according to claim 13, further comprising a gate drive circuit, wherein the control line is configured to receive a control signal provided by the gate drive circuit.
 15. The OLED display device according to claim 10, wherein the signal detection circuit comprises a detection voltage input sub-circuit and an induction signal output sub-circuit; the detection voltage input sub-circuit is connected to the first pair of terminals and the second pair of terminals; and the induction signal output sub-circuit comprises a first output terminal and a second output terminal which are connected to the first pair of terminals and the second pair of terminals and configured to respectively output a first detection voltage and a second detection voltage in different periods.
 16. The OLED display device according to claim 15, wherein the detection voltage input sub-circuit comprises a first switch element, a second switch element, a third switch element and a fourth switch element; one end of the first switch element is coupled to the power supply, and the other end of the first switch element is coupled to the first terminal; a control terminal of the first switch element is configured to receive a second control signal; one end of the second switch element is coupled to the power supply, and the other end of the second switch element is coupled to the second terminal; a control terminal of the second switch element is configured to receive a first control signal; one end of the third switch element is coupled to a ground, and the other end of the third switch element is coupled to the third terminal; a control terminal of the third switch element is configured to receive the second control signal; and one end of the fourth switch element is coupled to the ground, and the other end of the fourth switch element is coupled to the fourth terminal; and a control terminal of the fourth switch element is configured to receive the first control signal.
 17. The OLED display device according to claim 16, wherein the induction signal output sub-circuit comprises a fifth switch element, a sixth switch element, a seventh switch element and an eighth switch element; one end of the fifth switch element is coupled with the first terminal, and the other end of the fifth switch element is coupled with the first output terminal; a control terminal of the fifth switch element is configured to receive the first control signal; one end of the sixth switch element is coupled with the second terminal, and the other end of the sixth switch element is coupled with the first output terminal; a control terminal of the sixth switch element is configured to receive the second control signal; one end of the seventh switch element is coupled with the third terminal, and the other end of the seventh switch element is coupled with the second output terminal; a control terminal of the seventh switch element is configured to receive the first control signal; one end of the eighth switch element is coupled with the fourth terminal, and the other end of the eighth switch element is coupled with the second output terminal; and a control terminal of the eighth switch element is configured to receive the second control signal.
 18. The OLED display device according to claim 17, further comprising an offset voltage cancel circuit, wherein the offset voltage cancel circuit comprises a first input terminal, a second input terminal, an amplifying sub-circuit, a selection sub-circuit, a first capacitor, a second capacitor and an output sub-circuit, the first input terminal and the second input terminal of the offset voltage cancel circuit are connected to the first output terminal and the second output terminal of the induction signal output sub-circuit and configured to respectively receive the first detection voltage and the second detection voltage; the amplifying sub-circuit is configured to respectively amplify the first detection voltage, take the first detection voltage as a first amplifying voltage, and output the first amplifying voltage to the second capacitor, and reversely amplify the second detection voltage, take the second detection voltage as a second amplifying voltage, and output the second amplifying voltage to the first capacitor; the selection sub-circuit is configured to store the first amplifying voltage into the second capacitor and store the second amplifying voltage into the first capacitor; a first end of the first capacitor is connected with a first end of the second capacitor; and the output sub-circuit is configured to be capable of connecting the first capacitor and the second capacitor in parallel and outputting a voltage.
 19. A pressure touch driving method of the OLED display device according to claim 1, comprising: providing magnetic fields running through the plane provided with the magneto-dependent sensor to the magneto-dependent sensor; detecting the magnetic variation through the magneto-dependent sensor; converting the magnetic variation into a voltage and outputting the voltage; and identifying a touch position and a pressure value.
 20. The pressure touch driving method according to claim 19, wherein the magneto-dependent sensor comprises a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal and a fourth terminal; the first terminal is arranged opposite to the third terminal to provide a first pair of terminals; the second terminal is arranged opposite to the fourth terminal to provide a second pair of terminals; and the pressure touch driving method further comprises: in a first detection period, controlling the first pair of terminals of the magneto-dependent sensor to receive an input signal, and the second pair of terminals to output a first detection voltage; in a second detection period, controlling the second pair of terminals of the magneto-dependent sensor to receive the input signal, and the first pair of terminals to output a second detection voltage; and a polarity of an induction voltage component in the first detection voltage is opposite to a polarity of an induction voltage component in the second detection voltage.
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 22. A signal detection circuit for a detected circuit, wherein the detected circuit comprises a first pair of terminals and a second pair of terminals; the first pair of terminals and the second pair of terminals are electrically symmetrical to each other; and the signal detection circuit comprises: a detection voltage input sub-circuit and an induction signal output sub-circuit, in which the detection voltage input sub-circuit is connected to the first pair of terminals and the second pair of terminals; and the induction signal output sub-circuit comprises a first output terminal and a second output terminal which are connected to the first pair of terminals and the second pair of terminals and configured to respectively output a first detection voltage and a second detection voltage in different periods. 23-25. (canceled) 